Donations may be sent by mail to this address. Please make checks
out to "RSGSR"

We do not have a shelter where it is possible to come visit us.
All of our dogs live in private foster homes.

Volunteering, Adopting, or Information about the Adoption Process

If you are interested in adopting a rescued German Shepherd Dog, or
volunteering to help save more of them, please send us a message
We'd love to hear from you.

Complaints about Stray Dogs/Requests for Help Catching Loose Dogs

If there's a stray you would like picked up in East
Baton Rouge Parish,
please call Animal Control at (225) 774-7700. The dog will be
transported to the Companion Animal Alliance Shelter, where it will
be held for 3-5 days for an owner to come forward. Then it will be
eligible for adoption or euthanasia.

Our rescue does not have the resources to track down and pick up dogs on
the street. Any requests for us to do so will be directed to Animal
Control. If you see a loose dog, in addition to calling animal control, we
recommend that you post it to Lost Pets of Baton Rouge

Requests to Rehome "Found" Dogs

Our rescue does not accept dogs found on the street by private
parties. Those dogs likely belong to someone. The owners are entitled to
reclaim them. The best way for them to do that is by notifying your local
parish shelter, putting an ad in a local newspaper, posting flyers in the
area where the dog was found, and posting the dog to the Lost Pets Facebook
group for your parish:

If you are unable to care for a dog you found on the street while searching
for its owner, please contact Animal Control. The owners may be looking
for the dog at the public shelter in the community where it was lost.
Getting it there may help reunite the dog with a person looking for it.

Rehoming a Dog You No Longer Wish to Care for

Our rescue is not currently accepting dogs from private parties for
rehoming. Too many dogs in high-kill shelters need our scarce foster
spots. We are focusing all our efforts on saving dogs in high-kill
shelters at this time.

If you are willing to foster your own
dog while you look for a new home, please consider
contacting the East Baton Rouge Parish Animal Shelter's volunteer-run
program Positive Alternatives to Shelter Surrenders (PASS) at pass@caabr.org. If you plan ahead and give the PASS volunteer several weeks to help you, the program has a great track record of finding wonderful new homes. It's the best way to avoid surrendering your dog to the shelter -- where an uncertain fate awaits it.

If you must relinquish your own dog immediately in East
Baton Rouge Parish, contact the Companion Animal Alliance. Please understand that the
shelter's "save rate" for getting purebred German Shepherd Dogs
adopted is not 100% -- some purebred German Shepherd Dogs
have been euthanized recently to make space for other dogs
because we could not find them qualified homes quickly
enough. Some of these were dogs who had been beloved family
pets but could not accompany their families on a move. If
you relinquish your dog to a public shelter, please
understand that your dog may be euthanized. Even if it is
adopted eventually, most German Shepherd Dogs grieve for
their families and become depressed -- often not
eating, and becoming vulnerable to illness. Shelter
environments are stressful for this breed, as these dogs
tend to love their owners deeply and are very loyal. Please
do not surrender your dog lightly!

If you choose to rehome your dog on your own, please spay
and neuter it before rehoming it! There are many unscrupulous "puppy
millers" looking for intact purebred dogs to breed over and over for profit
(and then dump it when the dog stops producing puppies). Please ask a
reasonable rehoming fee to ensure your dog isn't targeted by dog fighters
looking for bait dogs, or handlers who sell dogs to laboratories to used
for painful experiments. Do a home check, and check vet references!